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12 years ago

Linux/Windows bitfile equivalence?

The Linux and Windows tools don't produce the same bitfile (either sof or jic) - is this to be expected? The tools I'm using are: XP SP3, 32-bit: 12.1/SP1 build 243 Linux x86_64: 12.1/SP...
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12 years ago

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From memory some of the tools include the tool version in the sof/pof so differing output files isn't surprising.

Nial.

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No, the tool versions are the same - build 243, both 32-bit, downloaded together. There are lots of differences - about 10% of all bytes for the SOF file, and a bit less than 2% for the JIC file, so it's not a date/version number/etc thing. It's a bit surprising - maybe the code calls a platform-specific random number generator (if it does, it shouldn't, in my opinion).